It’s not exactly free if you are paying to stay in a park. Our last koa stay for 3 nights was over $180. They had awesome WiFi. But that $180 could fund a lot of cell bandwidth.
To each their own. I prefer to camp at places like KOA. My steel siding drastically interferes with wifi signals though. This brings the connection inside via an outdoor antenna. And places like KOA have way better service than you're going to get over cell bandwidth, especially when we have so many devices we want connected these days.
So the extender used the antenna on the roof of the camper to connect to the campgrounds provided WiFi. Does the extender create a traditional _EXT SSID or can you personalize it to say SSID - camper Password - mycamper For example so neighbors cannot use it? And therefore all your devices stay connected to your predetermined network you just have to connect the extender each time. Thanks!
Yes, all of that is true. You can even hide your ssid if you want, I believe. It's just like setting up your home router. I like to have my ssid be something clever about camping though, and I leave it visible so everyone can see it and be jealous that someone nearby has a good connection.
Can I use a traditional wireless router to achieve the same result? Configured in extender mode of course because I can’t seem to find your extender online
@@FRw1K92 if you have one that can accept and transmit a wifi signal rather than wired, and that has removable, coaxial style antennas, then I wouldn't see why not.
Can we get some instructions on the steps to actually get it working? How does the extender catch the signal? Do you have to log the extender in as well? Or just with your phone to start?
Basically you'll just log into the extender from a web browser on your phone or computer and tell it which wifi to join. It works just like your router at home but it picks up a wifi signal instead of needing a wired connection from a modem.
Awesome tip! We are trying to use our wine guard for an antenna just to get any local channels and we are not capturing anything which I know we should be because the RV next to us who has an old-fashioned antenna is getting three or four channels do you know of something we shouldbe doing to get the wine guard to correctly capture analog TV
I can't get this thing to pull in TV worth a crap. That's why I went the wifi route. I just login to my Directv app through my smart TVs in the camper and stream.
Hi! I ordered the exact same equipment and hooked it up the same. The internet goes in and out. Is that because I am too far away from campground access point??
That could very well be the issue. Also, a lot of the time campgrounds have a pretty crappy wifi signal in the first place and once a bunch of people join it, the bandwidth just isn't there. I know this works well though, as when I connect it at my house it's flawless. I would definitely blame the campground wifi for what you're going through. Since I've set this up, I always try to choose the closest site to the office when booking my camping and it seems to work decent for the handful of times that I've used it.
Great video! I rent my RV out, I get dinged for slow WIFI. When i’m out of town on vacation WIFI is the last thing I’m worried about but to each there own.
Why not mount the extender box right over the winegard white dome on the ceiling where the wires are? Or are you connecting a CAT5/6 plug from the extender to your TV?
Besides like state parks or something like that, I don't think I've seen any campground that doesn't have free wifi over the last decade or so. That said, many of them may only have a residential style router at the office, so if your site is on the other end, you might not even see it.
@@pheidecker I would say your stuck with having to use the cell tower as your WiFi (i'd look up TRAVLFI as the better option -- It does cost more and you have to pay as you go with a plan, but it uses a eSIM card so you can use any provider or the strongest provider).
Question: do you have a router in your rv that the extender is connected to? The vid sounds like you don't so how are you connecting to the campsite wifi via the extender? Sorry, I thought I had it then things got confusing. Thanks!
The extender is essentially a router as well. Every campground you have to set it up when you get there, but simply set it to connect to the campground wifi and keep your personal SSID consistent and you don't have to connect every single device to the campground wifi. The main reason I did this was because I don't ever get a very strong signal inside my camper, I'm guessing from the steel siding. This way, I bring a strong signal inside for my devices to connect to.
@@dannaulty9930 connect to it on your phone as wifi, then open a browser and type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar. It's just like setting up your home router.
@@pheideckerhey! Great video. I just purchased a camper used and there was a sticker on the side saying it was pre wired for WiFi. After looking at the top of my camper I see that it has the winegard 360. Would I be able to use my old modem wifi combo router that I used to use for internet? It only has one coaxial connection on the back that supplied internet. Could I just change the settings inside the router to be a repeater? Thanks in advance!
Very nice man. Just started looking into this and was finding a bunch of stuff on the Gateway, which I'm not interested in at this point. Like you, just want to use the antenna to boost the campground wifi, and for a reasonable cost. Looks like you've nailed it, so thanks!
It can be a little finicky when it first tries to connect. Make sure that each time you go somewhere new and connect it that you don't have checked to use the campground wifi credentials and instead have your own. That way, your devices should all remember the network and just connect. Ideally, the wifi extender is the only thing you need to connect to the campground wifi.
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